NVIDIA GPU users! Help me out!

XcSDeadDeer··1 votes·843 views

Ok, so today I received my additional NVIDIA 660 2GB Graphics Card. I've used a single one for a little over a year now, and now that theyre $120 for a new one I figured i'd buy a second one and SLI them. Because why not.

So i Install the card, boot up NVIDIA Experience, and do a clean install of the newest driver, 350.12. Then I get into a game of League and notice that my FPS has dropped. I kept it capped at 60 FPS on the single card prior to the update (uncapped im usually at 240+ with the single 660). However now i'm between 40-57 FPS, and when I have something running on my 2nd monitor, that regularly drops to ~20-30ish. I removed my 2nd card, reverting back to only 1 of my 660's installed. I get back into a game of League and i'm still at the dropped FPS range.

Is there anybody else using the 350.12 driver that's had the same issue, whether using SLI'd GPUs or a single GPU? If so, especially if using SLI'd GPUs, what is the driver that you are using?

Thanks -DD

5 Comments

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

Not all games are optimized to use multiple GPU's. Instead of just removing your card, enable/disable SLI in the Nvidia Control Panel, and check how it runs both ways.

http://i.gyazo.com/eea97dbc780cf1fa48696838bebf0133.png

XcSDeadDeer1 votes

I had already tried that as well and unfortunately got the same result. I tried with both SLI enabled and disabled, then I plucked out the new card, leaving theold card that NEVER once had an issue prior to updating the drivers, and all results have been the same. Was curious if anybody else was running this driver and running into issues, either with SLI or without. Was hoping somebody could let me know which driver they use that runs both SLI and League with no issues

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

Mine rests at 120 (my monitor's max rate) even with SLI enabled (running 660 Ti's) and doesn't matter if the secondary monitor is included. Have you tried changing your Window Mode? (I prefer Borderless)

XcSDeadDeer1 votes

Sure have. It's not just league that does this but every other game. Even running Benchmarks I get better performance at the moment with one card than I do 2. Both GPU's have the same temperature and power/usage when I run everything too, so it's being utilized just fine....

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

Then you need to start doing troubleshooting research on your card and figure out if you need to RMA it.

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